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I'm thrilled about being featured on Adam Fuhrer delightful blog Picdit and want to thank him for this wonderful opportunity! Picdit is an art and design blog which features an array of artists and creative's daily. Make sure to stop by and check out Picdit's endless supply of tasty eye candy!

As july fades away...

listening to The Dutchess and the Duke while the summer sun stains my skin

put it in a bag

These are a few examples of totes I'm working on for an upcoming craft sale I'll hopefully be participating in a few weeks. I'm also planning on making t-shirts and some other goodies for the afternoon of crafty goodness.

Sweet nothings

Here are a few shots from my show. Sean and I set set everything up tonight and it went surprisingly well. I'm quite relieved to see everything come together and I'm really happy with how everything turned out. I'm especially proud of the "sweet nothings" sign I made with my own 2 hands. For an extra little touch I added little hooks to the bottom of the sign to hang my business cards from.

pieces of me

Here are my new cards I made for my upcoming show. After hours spent at kinko's last night and with the help of my patient boyfriend I'm finally content with them. I think the top set would be neat for a mailer or a postcard possibly. I'll be setting up my show tomorrow evening, so keep your eye open for pictures of my little babies in the quaint and cozy moonbean cafe.

Thin skin, soft bones

This is the piece I'm currently working on for the show. It's taking forever because of all the textures, but I'm quite content with the results so I suppose the endless hours of pricking my fingers have been worth it.

geometric rhythms

the skeleton's of a past summer

A hypnotic sunset
A ritualistic dance
float heavy, float hard the sky's cried
for tonight is present and tomorrow a mere abstraction

Summertime sundays

The gradient of a dawn’s entrance

I am constantly saving pretty pictures from my travels throughout the glorious world of cyberspace and decide I should share some of my current favourites. Above are an array of images that have been a source of inspiration in some way or another. I seem to find inspiration within almost anything, however currently I am quite fixated with Victorian children and summer motifs. Mother nature has always been an endless source of creative goodness for me and I am beginning to believe I am destined to migrate to a much warmer climate (who can resist drawing on a sweet summer day?). As you can see, I'm a sucker for pretty girls who frolic outdoors so theres nothing like a topless beauty lounging in a bed of cat tails to get me jonesing for a pencil. Lately, I have also been quite attracted to traditional art from a variety of culture, specifically dutch and native Americans. I find the kitsch quality in a lot of traditional art to be very compelling. Finally, "turn of the century" children's books such as "Sunny rhymes for happy children" by Olive Beaupré Miller are so unbelievably beautiful that who wouldn't burst with creativity when browsing through the antiqued pages. Lately I've been working on channeling all this juicy inspiration into some good old wholesome eye candy, so be sure to keep an eye because new work is on its way!

a breathless breeze

These are a few pieces I've been working on for my upcoming show which will be held at the Moonbean cafe on St. Andrew st between July 12- Aug 10. I've continued to explore embroidery and have also begun to play with sculpey which has been tons of fun! It's quite exciting to see your character come to life in 3d form!

work day doodles

a dwellers tale

Move aimlessly
Sway drift
Sticky heat, wet breeze
A fog so distracting, or is it the birds in the sky